Show #8735 2022-11-04 (taped 2022-09-20) Tournament of Champions

2022 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Jackie Kelly — a pension calculation developer from Cary, North Carolina

Jaskaran Singh — a consultant from Plano, Texas

Eric Ahasic — a meteorologist from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Eric $2,200 $2,600 $26,000 $39,201
Winner: semifinalist
$10,600
15 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Jaskaran $3,400 $5,800 $11,000 $13,201
2nd place: $5,000
$11,000
17 R, 3 W
Jackie $6,000 $6,000 $19,600 $13,199
3rd place: $5,000
$17,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CHAMPIONS OF TOURNAMENTS SOUTH AMERICA A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY GIVE US SOME DIRECTION DINOSAUR NAMES HOMOPHONES
$200 [4]
From 1963 to 1986 this golfer won a record 6 Masters tournaments
Nicklaus
Jackie
$200 [15]
This name for a huge flat region of plains in Argentina is also used for a stretch of desert in Chile
Pampas
Eric
$200 [23]
"Bridgerton" popularized this time period "core", which features statement sleeves, bows & corset tops
Regencycore
Eric Jackie
$200 [22]
Initiated by the founder of the Joseon Dynasty, hereis the beautiful Gyeongbokgung Palace in this nation
South Korea
Eric
$200 [16]
The name of the Pentaceratops means it has 5 of these on its face
horns
Jackie
$200 [26]
Slothful &a graven image
idle/idol
$400 [3]
She won both the Golden Ball as top player & the Golden Boot as top scorer of the 2019 Women's World Cup
Rapinoe
Jaskaran
$400 [14]
In March 1736 Charles-Marie de la Condamine landed in what's now this country to determine the Earth's shape & circumference
Ecuador
Jaskaran
$400 [24]
Last name of Italian fashion designer Miuccia, who works for her family's fashion house & founded its sister line Miu Miu
Prada
Eric Jaskaran
$400 [21]
The elevator pitch for this 1952 novel is basically "Cain & Abel, but in the Salinas Valley"
East of Eden
Eric
$400 [19]
The Euoplocephalus was named for this "well-armored" body part (kephale in ancient Greek)
head
Jaskaran
$400 [27]
Archery accessory &old-time boyfriend
bow/beau
Jackie
$600 [1]
A 4-man team called Wild Card 1 swept to victory at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's championship of this
curling
Eric
$600 [7]
This huge body of water by Venezuela's northwest coast is called an estuarine lake, as it mingles with the Caribbean
Lake Maracaibo
Eric
$600 [25]
This short jacket seenherehas a Spanish name
bolero
Jackie
$600 [20]
Sorry, Hitch! A young extra puts his fingers in his ears before a "surprise" gunshot in this 1959 movie thriller
North by Northwest
Jaskaran
$600 [18]
Unearthed in Niger, the Jobaria dinosaur is named for a Tuareg legend about a giant creature in this barren region
the Sahara
Jaskaran
$600 [28]
A potent potable flavored with berries &a class of spirits in Muslim demonology
gin/jinn
Eric
$800 [2]
This event began in 1993 as a multi-match tournament, with jiu jitsu master Royce Gracie winning the first 2 titles
the UFC
Jaskaran
$800 [5]
Nieuw Nickerie & Lelydorp are among the largest cities in this country
Suriname
Jackie
$800 [13]
The name of this classic sweater honors James Thomas Brudenell's title
cardigan
Eric
$800 [9]
Founded in 1602 partly to aid the quest for independence from Spain, this trading company had a base in Batavia
the Dutch East India Company
Jaskaran
$1,000 [17]
This dinosaur was about 2 feet long & has a name meaning "tiny thief"
a Microraptor
Jaskaran Jackie
$800 [29]
Zero &a clove hitch
naught/knot
Eric Jaskaran
$1,000 [8]
The U. of Denver won the 2022 NCAA men's hockey championship alliteratively called this, ahead of Minnesota State, Minnesota & Michigan
the Frozen Four
Jackie
$1,000 [6]
Thousands of years old, large geoglyphs representing plants & animals can be seen 15 miles northwest of this Peruvian city
Nazca
Jaskaran
$1,000 [12]
Still a fashion icon at 101, shehas produced her own clothing & jewelry lines
Iris Apfel
$1,000 [10]
These 3 words precede "Terrier" in the name of the super cute Scottish breed seen here
West Highland White
Jackie
DD $3,000 [11]
Because of its longer front legs, this tall dinosaur was given a name meaning "arm lizard"
Brachiosaurus
Jackie
$1,000 [30]
A visual aid following "pie" &newspaper slang following "nut"
graph/graf
Eric Jaskaran

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY TRIPLE RHYME TIME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THE TANGLED WEB ON BROADWAY THEOEDQUOTES
$400 [9]
The Battles of Queenston Heights & Lake Erie were both fought during this war
the War of 1812
Jaskaran
$400 [14]
A clever, short song about a young cat
a witty kitty ditty
Jackie
$400 [20]
Mozart called it "the king of instruments" & played it at Salzburg Cathedral
an organ
Eric Jaskaran
$400 [27]
Forgotify is a place to hear songs that had never been listened to on this other service
Spotify
Jackie
$400 [30]
From April to July 2022 Beanie Feldstein played the role of Fanny Brice in a revival of this musical
Funny Girl
Jackie
$400 [26]
Weird: Charlotte Bronte provided the first known use of this alliterative 2-word term for a lawless section of American frontier
Wild West
Eric
$1,200 [1]
In the 18th century the Apache lost dominance to this other people whose name ends with the same 3 letters
a Comanche
Jaskaran
$800 [15]
To rent a group of singing Franciscans
to hire a friar choir
$800 [19]
The "Four Ks" of makers of this instrument are Kamaka, Kanile'a, Ko'olau & Koaloha
ukulele
Eric
$800 [28]
theredshtick.com gives humorous takes on the goings-on in this Southern state capital & its environs
Baton Rouge
Jackie
$800 [29]
For his Broadway debut in "All the Way", Bryan Cranston's portrayal of this president earned him a Tony
Lyndon B. Johnson
Jaskaran
$800 [10]
The first line of "The Canterbury Tales" is quoted under the entry for this month
April
Jackie
$1,600 [2]
Giovanni Cornaro II, Doge of Venice until 1722, was the last one to rule over the Morea, an old name for this Greek peninsula
the Peloponnesian
Eric
$1,200 [16]
Faster Anglican priest who scores field goals
a quicker vicar kicker
$1,200 [18]
Part of Duke Ellington's band for 40 years, Harry Carneyplayed this biggest & lowest-pitched sax in common use
baritone sax
Jaskaran
$1,200 [24]
This website named for a family in Faulkner books debunks false claims & checks facts on all sorts of subjects
Snopes
Jackie
$1,200 [22]
This play, originally staged in 2 parts, takes place 19 years after the Battle of Hogwarts
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Jaskaran
$1,600 [6]
Works by her are quoted under "cup of tea", "grey cells" & "motive"
(Agatha) Christie
Eric
$2,000 [3]
This Zulu warrior & chief used amabutho, or age-based regiments, to unite & control his kingdom before his 1828 death
Shaka
Jackie
$1,600 [17]
A paladin engaged in a joust, a perilous situation
a knight fright fight (or plight or blight)
Jaskaran
$1,600 [4]
The basset horn is a type of this; Mendelssohn wrote a piece for basset horn & regular this
a clarinet
$1,600 [23]
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day revealed that this largest moon of Mars may eventually disintegrate; scary indeed
Phobos
Jackie
$1,600 [5]
Singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell wrote the book, music & lyrics for this 2019 musical named for the Greek underworld
Hadestown
Jaskaran
$2,000 [11]
The entry for "she" cites "'She-who-must-be-obeyed' commands thy presence" from a work by this adventure novelist
(H. Rider) Haggard
Jackie
DD $11,600 [8]
Post-WWII British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said this Secretary of State threw "a lifeline to sinking men"
Marshall
Eric
$2,000 [21]
A dealer working on commission selling yellowish, tight-fitting necklaces
an ochre choker broker
Jackie
$2,000 [13]
Big in '80s music videos, this portmanteau word means a synthesizer worn with a strap over the shoulder
the keytar
$2,000 [25]
radio.garden lets you sample radio stations from around the world, like Radio Carnaval Tenerife in this island chain
the Canary Islands
Eric
$2,000 [12]
One of August Wilson's plays to explore the Black experience in America is called this man's "Come and Gone"
Joe Turner
Jackie
DD $5,800 [7]
You'll find this 1719 work quoted under "goatskin", "rescue" & "wreck"
Robinson Crusoe
Eric

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CITIES

The name of this city may come from "dur", meaning water, a reference to the Helvetian people's settlement on a lake

Zurich

Jaskaran "What is Zurich?" — wagered $2,201
Jackie "What is Geneva?" — wagered $6,401
Eric "What is Zurich?" — wagered $13,201

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